To Kasteren

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Moderate

Walking tour through the Dommel valley and through the hamlet of Kasteren in the National Landscape Het Groene Woud. The Dommel valley consists of meadows, fields and bushes. The meadows consist of wet grasslands.

To Kasteren

To Kasteren

Distance: 13 km

Duration: 3h00

Grade: Moderate

Gps track: Yes

Route description: Yes

Type: Circular walk

Height gain: Flat

Way mark: See PDF route description

Wheelchair: Unsuitable

Dog: Allowed on leach

The Groot Duijfhuis.

Farther from the river there are bulbous fields on the higher grounds. These have been used as agricultural land for centuries. The place of interest is alongside farm Het Groot Duijfhuis with a very special pigeon tower and Flemish barn. The farm itself was built around 1556. The Flemish barn near Kasteren was built in or shortly after 1525, making it the oldest in the Netherlands. Along the same road is also a transverse barn from 1750, such a barn was used as a granary. The shed was rebuilt at this location in 2008. During the walk, part of the former German Lijntje will also be followed. The railroad was opened in 1878, so that it could become part of the fastest connection London-Berlin-St Petersburg. What remains is a last remaining stretch of railway between Boxtel and Veghel.